Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-25

lce-cream and meat room, 5000; green
house and fixtures, $4,000; sewerage,
$4,000; electric light plant, $4,000; a
total of $l3,700 for special expenses.
They ask for s. 800 instead of $4,000
in case they can arrange to connect
the school sewers with the city sew
er. The bill has been favorably con
sidered by the committee on the
school and will soon be reported.
An important bill has passed the
house to prevent certain preferences
by insolvent corporations. 1t pro
vides, inter ALA, that any mortgage,
pledge, security or preference of any
kind given by a corporation, which is
insolvent, or in contemplation of in
solvency, for the purpose of securing,
directly or indirectly, its directors,
officers or stockholders, or any of
them, for any liability from the cor
poration to them, or for any liability
which they may have incurred for the
benefit of the corporation, shall be
void as against creditors of the cor
poration who were such at the time
such preference was given.
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The bill providing that women
may vote at town, village, city or
other municipal elections was report
ed without recommendation by the
committee and placed on the general
order. A good deal of opposition is
shown to the measure, the claim be
ing made that it would tend to break
down the respect in which women are
now held and would give a power for
evil to the vicious and deprayed of the
sex, while the better class of women
would not accept the privilege if offer
ed them.
1t is my private opinion, publicly eX-
pressed, that those who are looking for
ward to the adjustment of the state
board of corrections and charities are
doomed to disappointment. There are
NJ indications that the legislature has
tie slightest intention of dispensing
with that institution. In addition to
the test measure TO which | made
reference a fortnight since the sen
ate has passed bill that no county
Jail shall be erected until it is first
approved by the board. 1t further
provides, by the way, that such jails
Shall contain separate wards for men,
boys, women and girls, which wards
shall be so arranged as to be so en-
tirelv separated from each other as
to prevent seeing or hearing the oc-
cupants of other wards.
The feeling seems to be pretty
general among the members that the
prohibitory amendment viii not be
successful, and they are therefore
more or less of what means
may be provided for the better regu-
lation of the traffic. In all there are
As bills introduced in both houses re-
lating to the sale of liquor. Many of
them are duplicates, however, and
will not be reported. Among them
is the old "Mosher bill' of 1879, re-
introduced in It's entirety, but it is
not likely to kick up the same a
mount of dust it did when first in
troduccd.
An acquaintance OF mine says he
saw a sight for sore eyes the other
night. There was an exciting cock
fight in a barn on Grand street, and
he positively AYERS there were in at
tendance at the brutal sport II repre-
sentatives and three senators. Were
! addicted to betting I'd wager tritle
that every blessed one of them would
howl like dervish were his name
publicly mentioned in connection
with the affair.
A bill introduced by Senator Scv-
me Ir,which will bc favorably report
ed, provides that on and after NOV, /,
1897, every railroad operating in the
state shall either heat their cars by
heat generated outside Of the coaches
or else shall enclose the heater in an
absolutely tire-proof iron closet. No
stove or heater with an open door, or
other opening, through which fire
could escape in case of accident, can
then be used, except in such iron
compartment. S.AA..
Mac.
MIDDllNGS.